Reveille was as conditions which at times appeared prohibitive, the 417th Regimental Various staff officers and regimental and The pinnacle While the staff prepared all the men's uniforms and armed the men the medics were checking if the soldiers had all of the required immunizations. Frequently called upon to furnish guards of honor for (Army historical photo), Army announces upcoming 4th Infantry Division unit rotations, Army announces upcoming 2nd ABCT, 1st Cavalry Division, unit rotation, U.S. Army STAND-TO! and were out on the drill field doing so many bends and push-ups and or the G-Journals of the 76th Infantry . Briefly replaced River into one of the deepest portions of the Siegfried Line. The 76th was preparing for war. The liberation of France has begun. Now, in May 1942, the Axis powers were consolidating widespread The specific numbers cited by the other poster, if derived from after-action reports, are probably reliable. In that edition the 76ths Commanding General, Maj. Gen. William R. Schmidt, sent a message to the divisions troops. The 76th Infantry Division was a unit of the United States Army in World War I, World War II and the Cold War. Further notes can be found in the histories of the 304th and 385th Infantry Regiments . . Infantry Brigades were made up of the 301st, 302d, 303d and 304th activation, and a flag-raising ceremony on The Hill . a likely participant in official events of international consequence. Zeitz was captured after a violent struggle, April 1415, and the 76th reached the Mulde River on April 16, going into defensive positions to hold a bridgehead across the Mulde near Chemnitz until Victory in Europe Day in 1945.. crossed by boat and it became necessary to supply isolated groups by "Members of this combat team led an assault across the swollen Sauer "According to our [U. S. National Archives] records, in 1951 the Department of the Army destroyed all passenger lists, manifests, logs of vessels, and troop movement files of United States Army Transports for World . The booklet's title is "The First Battalion, 417th Infantry Regiment, 76th Infantry Division" and it was published before they shipped overseas at Camp McCoy. - Officer overseas garrison cap with Lieutenant bar. Four exercises were conducted during which the 385th Infantry Regiment (headquartered in Pori, Michigan, opposed the division as an enemy force. Or are you interested in war medals and their recipients? In the vineyards German snipers were hidden. 3rd Battalion, 385th Infantry Regiment, 76th Infantry Division: 26.03.1945-27.03.1945 . The assault started at 0200 hrs on the morning of 7 February, and continued until the river was bridged by engineers on 11 February. The late Lt initial force. The 76th has a history called "We Ripened Fast" -- they were one of the last infantry groups to train together and serve as a fighting team rather than as a source of replacements. The excellent role of the 417th Infantry Regiment is noted in WE RIPENED FAST - the History of the 76th Infantry Division. we'd reply patiently, proudly, "that white emblem was an ancient Activated: August 1917. . On Thanksgiving Day 1944, three transports sailed from the Boston port of embarkation to Europe. STIWOT, 1999-2023. Winter training experts from Mountaining Training Center at Camp Hale, Colorado gave special training program. marched from Bournemouth to Boscombe station where they boarded a train for Southampton. No, that isn't a French telephone, but any member of the 76th It landed in France, 1-3 December, and moved to Metz, where, on the 8th, it went into action against and took Fort Driant. Every . 2d INFANTRY DIVISION "Second to None Division" The division insignia, according to legend, is the creation of a driver of the division who painted it on the side of his truck with such success that the resulting design evolved into the insignia of the 2d Division. The weather was cold and snowing. 403rd Medical Group 403th Troop Carrier Group 403rd Troop Carrier Wing 41st Air Division 41st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron 417th . This time they drove the Germans out. (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL 4 / 10 Show Caption + Hide Caption - A Soldier with the 417th Regiment, 76th Infantry Division carries a crate of ammunition to his team April 29 at Fort . crossing on the second and third nights and established contact with the When flung into the icy waters when their boats were sunk, struggled toward the far shore. 76th Infantry Division, Fort McCoy have history tied to World War II, This is a snapshot of a front page of the Camp McCoy, Wis., newspaper, The Real McCoy, from June 17, 1944, that highlights the 76th Infantry Division. With this addition, only ONE piece of 76th literature remains unaccounted for. Not attributed to a veteran but it was a must have for my collection. wallop of Division Artillery was likewise increased. 151st Field Artillery Brigade, upon completion of its training, was Division 76th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop 301st Engineer Combat Battalion 304th Infantry Regiment 385th Infantry Regiment 417th Infantry Regiment Headquarters and . The 385th Infantry crossed the Atlantic on the SS Sea Owl. Redesignated 1 August 1942 as the 76th Infantry Division. Staff Sergeant Veteran Discharge Status. Victory will come to Allies but it will not be an easy one. was attached to the 5th Inf.Div. This was our first break in three months." A Soldier with the 77th Armored Regiment, 3rd Brigade, A Soldier with the 417th Regiment, 76th Infantry Division carries a crate of ammunition to his team April 29 at Fort Irwin, Calif. During the National Training Center rotation, Soldiers engage enemies with blank rounds that activate a sensor attached to the weapons barrel. reserve officers were assigned to its divisional units. part of its vigorous training program, was the first to include the "The First Bn., 417th Inf. 'Always First," 1945, 33 leaves. In its initial appearance in combat and in the face of The tremendous power of the Allied Nations is now being unleashed in all its fury. Approximatley thirty-two landing sites were in their area. 21, 2021 . From March 2020 to August 2020, Brigadier General Douglas A. Cherry served as acting commanding general. 132nd 164th 182nd. These officers It consisted of four infantry regiments: the 309th, 310th, 311th and 312th; and three artillery Regiments: the 307th, 308th and 309th. Perrin, Chief of Staff. Farley, Jack H. CPT, "Operations of the 3rd Battalion, 417th Infantry, 76th Infantry Division, in the crossing of the Sauer River and attacking a fortified position, Echternach, Luxembourg, . Then began the Driving across the Kyll River, the division took Hosten, 3 March, Speicher on 5 March and Karl on 10 March; swung south and cleared the area north of the Moselle, crossing the river, 18 March, near Mlheim an der Mosel. IMA works diligently to be aware of these ever changing laws and obeys them accordingly. Looking for reliable information or news facts about WW2? The swiftly flowing river prevented supplies being On 12 March 1944, the division returned to Camp McCoy. Relieving the 87th Division in defensive positions along the Sauer and Moselle Rivers in the vicinity of Echternach, Luxembourg, 25 January, the 76th sent out patrols and crossed the Sauer, 7 February, and breached the Siegfried Line in a heavy assault. It was on the 17th of March that the Battalion was ordered that the Articles Of War had to be read. When at Mierchamps they set up a perimeter defense. By April we were at the demarcation line. record book, faintly alive by virtue of the fact that approximately 300 In September 1992, more than 600 people associated with the 76th held a reunion at Fort McCoy to recall their time at the post 50 years later as well. They . September 14, 2010 in MEDALS & DECORATIONS. Enamel Distinctive Unit Insignias for the 471th Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant bars, infantry lapel pins and 4 overseas service bars on left sleeve. eighteen months earlier. Most of its troops were used as replacements for front line units which reduced the division to 7,000 troops. Other troops 76th Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized) 00.00.0000-00.00.0000: 76th Quartermaster Company: 00.00.0000-00.00.0000: 301st Engineer Combat Battalion: 00.00.0000-00.00.0000: . In In pitch dark, with the river swollen to a raging torrent, they made the crossing, under a hail of NSDAP small arms, mortar, and artillery fire. 76th Infantry Division "Onaway Division" The division insignia is an escutcheon which has a red field and a blue chief, separated by an olive drab line; a three-pronged white device is superimposed on the blue chief. A training schedule that was issued by the 76th Infantry Division Winter Training Detachment for the week of Nov. 22-28, 1943, for the Watersmeet Area, Michigan from the 76th leadership, Maj. Eric. Download Image of A Soldier with the 417th Regiment, 76th Infantry Division. (Courtesy photo), Soldiers with the 76th Infantry Division board a train at Camp McCoy, Wis., in November 1944 after months of training at McCoy. 76th Division was led first by Maj Gen Henry F. Hodges. Meade, Maryland, in May of 1942. . A new attack was launched April 4, and the Werra River was reached the next day. 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In the defensive battles for Letcani and Iai (German: Jassy) the 76th ID suffered heavy losses and had to withdraw across the . 76th Division of World War I quickly rounded into shape and moved I have a 76th Division history as well as a history for the 304th Infantry Regiment. army man has had On the 23rd the res of the Battalion left for England on the U.S.S. squats, you couldn't decide whether Uncle Sam was for you or against you. And most of all, to the entire 76th Infantry Division, heroes one and all. company's during the war", what the veteran is claiming. The division, which was activated on 1 October 1941 in Hawaii, conducts military operations primarily in the Asia-Pacific region. Clermont-Ferrand. the South Pacific, Japanese hordes had swarmed thousands of miles in earned that decoration back in '17 when the 76th Division trained the They rode approximately sixty miles, arriving at St. Hellier, France. Wagners training notes also covered everything from diagrams of skis and snowshoes as well as conduct of how to properly teach winter skills. and in the After Action Reports of the companies and battalions of the 417th Regiment . Regt. Fulgencia Batista of Cuba. Melvin Wagner with Company B, 417th Infantry Regiment, 76th Infantry Division, while training at Camp McCoy for that winter training, he made an important note. replacements at the front, while the artillery brigade trained at ranks. pchepurko, with Brig Gen Ralph C. Smith as Assistant Commanding General, Brig Gen Marine Raven. was transformed from a vast war potential in the doldrum of its career This training focused on the use of skis, snowshoes, toboggans, snow tractors, snow goggles, winter camouflage suits, Eskimo parkas, and more. 413th 414th 415th. The advance continued across the Prum and Nims Rivers, 2527 February. Upon completion of OCS in early 1945, he was shipped to the 76th for the final months of the war. 32nd Infantry Division: 33rd Infantry Division : 34th Infantry Division : 35th Infantry Division : . Late that afternoon the 43rd Squadron, 3rd Calvary moved into our position thus relieving them. The 25th Infantry Division (nicknamed "Tropic Lightning") [1] is a United States Army division based at Schofield Barracks in Hawaii. IMA considers all antique guns offered on our website as non-firing, inoperable and/or inert. 7,000 troops were taken from the 76th to build up forces for the impending invasion of France (D-Day) during April 1944. 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The objects in this collection are from The U.S. National Archives and Defense Visual Information Distribution Service. the enemy the fatal taste of its steel. The headquarters was organized on 1 September 1921. Under shoulder would have been adorned as follows: an uprooted sapling, By E. Wikner, at Camp McCoy. There's nothing listed for the third battalion, sorry. The 76th Infantry Division was a unit of the United States Army in World War I, World War II and the Cold War. Lineage and Honors Information as of 30 September 2005, Constituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 417th Infantry and assigned to the 76th Division (later redesignated as the 76th Infantry Division), Organized in March 1922 with Headquarters at New Haven, Connecticut, Ordered into active military service 15 June 1942 and reorganized at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, Reconstituted 7 October 1946 in the Organized Reserves as the 417th Infantry and assigned to the 76th Infantry Division, Activated 17 December 1946 with Headquarters at Hartford, Connecticut, (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve), (Location of Headquarters changed 11 September 1950 to New Haven, Connecticut; changed 25 January 1954 to Hartford, Connecticut; changed 15 July 1954 to West Hartford, Connecticut), Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1959 as the 417th Regiment, an element of the 76th Division (Training), with Headquarters at Auburn, Maine, Reorganized 31 January 1968 to consist of the 1st and 2d Battalions, elements of the 76th Division (Training), Reorganized 1 April 1971 to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 76th Division (Training), Reorganized 16 September 1993 to consist of the 1st and 2d Battalions, elements of the 76th Division (Training), Reorganized 1 October 1994 to consist of the 1st and 2d Battalions, elements of the 76th Division (Institutional Training), Reorganized 16 October - 16 November 1996 to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 98th Division (Institutional Training), Reorganized 17 October 2004 to consist of the 1st and 2d Battalions, elements of the 98th Division (Institutional Training), World War II: Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe, Presidential Unit Citation (Army), for ECHTERNACH. In 19901991, during Desert Shield and Desert Storm, the division validated and deployed to the Middle East over 600 of its soldiers where they served with distinction with the Third Army. the first insignia recommended for the 76th been adopted, our left 309th 310th 311th. Baker said they sailed south toward Florida, caught an armed convoy with destroyers, and then headed towards Europe where they arrived safely. Written in a training notebook by Staff Sgt. teeth on a hot macadam road you were fighting the "give" of It was their initial contact with the German army. Male Highest Rank. From the SS Antenor they boarded a lighter aircraft and landed on the beaches of Le Havre. into one Division Band. Download the TracesOfWar app directly on, Australia (1901-present, Federal Monarchy), Belgium (1830-present, Constitutional Monarchy), Canada (1931-present, Constitutional Monarchy), Soviet Union (1922-1991, People's Republic), Privacy statement, cookies, disclaimer and copyright, 417th Infantry Regiment, 76th Infantry Division "Onaway", U.S. Army. Copies of the After Action Reports, Combat Records and G-Journals (G-1, G-2, G-3, G-4 and G-5 - the journals give information to further important records, reports and documents!) "By the end of December I was joining the 76th Infantry division as a replacement. In February 2013, Major General Daniel York sought a historical designation for a new command being stood up in the Army Reserve. under a pack and a Maryland sun in June! thousands of raw recruits poured into the once deserted cantonment area The 304th reached Southampton, England on 4 December 1944. But this time they were gone and the 43rd Squadron was getting the counterattack. They spent the night there and the next morning, they went by truck to Mierchamps, Belgium, where they were placed in secretive strategic reserve for the 3rd Army. phrase rang with assertion and finality, and it seemed that nothing According to Controvich's bibliography there are three very short works on the 417th's first two battalions. Their regiment was attached to the 5th Infantry Division so that unit was credited with their success. At approximately 0200 the morning of January 12th, they boarded open trucks. by AlanJohnson 11 Nov 2019, 17:02, Post The His message had a familiar ring . Screw back, hallmarked ROBBINS, Attleboro, Mass. They laid in the trucks about two hours before the convoys started to move. 417th Regiment Lineage. receptions by our government for such notables as Queen Wilhelmina of We attacked the Siegfried line at the Saar river and got our baptism of fire. From the snipers positions they could see all enemy action. Winter training started in September 1943 at Camp McCoy in Wisconsin. Not on it, sorry. Coat of Arms and Distinctive Unit Insignia. They didn't just sit and wait for their orders, they sent out patrols daily to bridges roads and other places so when the orders did come to move they woulf know where they were going. Kish is not listed on any of therosters. This uniform grouping came to me from an online auction with Frey's original privately engraved Bronze Star Medal. There they boarded the SS Antenor at Portsmouth to cross the English channel. air. 2nd Lieutenant William W. Wilder, ASN 02017159 originally enlisted in 1943 in the Army Air Corps hoping to become a pilot. signal outfit. "First Battalion, 417th Infantry Regiment, 76th Infantry Division," 1945, 17 leaves, he cites only one copy at Carlisle Barracks. by 291shadow@gmail.com 24 Mar 2019, 23:09, Post The wait was worth it for this one! red, white and blue shield, the red field surmounted by a smaller blue We got on a train and went through Milwaukee all the way to Miles Standish, Baker said. When you weren't jarring your Do you have any idea if he was an enlisted man or an officer? The division was originally allocated to New York and northern Pennsylvania in the National Army plan. on January 25, 1945 they boarded trucks for Luxembourg. Legal Notice - International Military Antiques, Inc observes all Federal, State and local laws. The Siegfried Line at the point of their entrance was perhaps the most heavily fortified and deepest of defensive installations encountered by any of the Allied Forces. from a six-mile hike, and you know what those six miles cost a rookie On the 10th of January the Btln. Do you want to create your own battlefield tour to sights of wars from the past? Infantry Brigades, the 151st Field Artillery Brigade, and was supported My grandfather, John J. Hummel, was a member of the 76th Infantry Division and the 417th Infantry Regiment. The Division moved to Beine east of Reims and then to Champlon, Belgium, 23 January, to prepare for combat. With the new concept of the "triangular Battery. Privacy statement, cookies, disclaimer and copyright, On a journey of discovery to historical sites? The division was inactivated in 1996 and has been reconstituted as the 76th US Army Reserve Operational Response Command in 2013. Again, there I was alone in a strange environment with no friends. It was there where they had their first taste of combat even though it was not on the front lines. The Combat Infantry Badge is given for action under small arms fire. The white device was a medieval English heraldic symbol meaning "first son". The remainder of the division sailed from Boston on 10 December 1944 aboard the Coast Guard operated transport SS Richardson. On the evening of the 26th they moved to an assembly area near Wolsfelderberg. its history, the division was again among the first reserve units to be This was the line that the allies had agreed upon that the troops were not supposed to cross to await the arrival of the Russian troops. More on the 27th Infantry Regiment's involvement in operations can be found on our Historic Operations page. difficulties, the major portion of the 1st Battalion, 417th Infantry was at flood stage, the current so swift that attempts by engineers to 417th infantry regiment, 76th infantry division. The current 76thORC is organised as follows:[8], 76th Infantry Division shoulder sleeve insignia, Army Battle Casualties and Nonbattle Deaths, Final Report (Statistical and Accounting Branch, Office of the Adjutant General, 1 June 1953), United States Army Reserve Chemical Command, http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/Catalog/Heraldry.aspx?HeraldryId=14750&CategoryId=8819&grp=2&menu=Uniformed, "Premier Army Reserve Command gets new name", "U.S. Army Reserve > Commands > Functional > 76th ORC", "Army Reserve Chemical Brigade reactivated during historic ceremony", http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/cbtchron/cbtchron.html, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=76th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)&oldid=1129845512, Infantry divisions of the United States Army, United States Army divisions during World War II, Military units and formations established in 1917, Training divisions of the United States Army, United States Army divisions of World War I, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, "Onaway Division," "Liberty Bell Division", Activated: August 1917 at Camp Devens, Massachusetts, 301st Train Headquarters and Military Police, 301st, 302nd, 303rd, and 304th Ambulance Companies and Field Hospitals, Ordered into active military service: 15 June 1942 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, Awards: MH-2; DSC-11; DSM-1; SS-176; LM-5; SM19; BSM-1,312; AM-58, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 76th Infantry Division Artillery, 901st Field Artillery Battalion (105&155 mm), 76th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized), Headquarters, Special Troops, 76th Infantry Division, Headquarters Company, 76th Infantry Division, 14 January 1945: Fifteenth Army, 12th Army Group, 19 January 1945: VIII Corps, Third Army, 12th Army Group, 22 April 1945: VIII Corps, First Army, 12th Army Group, 11 May 1945: VIII Corps, Ninth Army, 12th Army Group, HQ United States Army Reserve Elements and Augmentations, Nickname: Onaway Division; formerly called "Liberty Bell Division.". determination, and an Restoring any closed widgets or categories. question almost as frequently as he has had to take vaccine shots. By November 1944, trains headed from Camp McCoy to Camp Myles Standish in Massachusetts for staging before transport to Europe, the history shows. The excellent role of the 417th Infantry Regiment is noted in WE RIPENED FAST - the History of the 76th Infantry Division. Concrete forts, offering mutual firing support were so thick that on a mathematical basis, one might be found in each 40 square yards of ground they traveled. http://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.3960174,4334609, You need to be a member in order to leave a comment. The powerful In the back of the 76th Division history, there is a roster of KIA's as well as rosters for medal recipients from the MOH to the Bronze Star. On November 13th the men turned their backs to the barracks and marched to the train. The 76th trained at McCoy for nearly a year before deploying to Europe for World War II front-line fighting. No longer was it to be a mere number on paper. was rescued from its mere paper existence, and again called upon to take Melvin Wagner with Company B, 417th Infantry Regiment, 76th Infantry Division, while training at Camp McCoy for that winter training, he made an . bud, what's that Patch you're wearin' on your sleeve?". The commander at the time was BG John G Pappas, who served in this position from 1 Oct 1994 until 9 Sept 1996. (Skis, snowshoes, toboggans, snow tractors, snow goggles, winter camouflage suits, Eskimo parkas, etc.) 104th Infantry Division. NARA keeps those Federal records that are judged to have continuing valueabout 2 to 5 percent of those generated in any given year. up, training cadres were formed and personnel were trained as From July 2019 to March 2020, Major General Frederick R. Maiocco served as commanding general. in the history of mankind. Regt. The 76th Infantry Division was a unit of the United States Army in World War I, World War II and the Cold War. He was inducted into the army in April, 1944 and served as a member of the 3rd anti-tank squad, HQ Company, 3rd Battalion. But, brother, it wasn't any holiday . 194th Glider Regiment. Clyde H. Horning. After 2 days the Battalion had captured 8 towns with the largest being Idlstein (approximate population of 10,00). I am not sure whether there was a history for the 417th. It landed at Le Havre, France, 12 January 1945, and proceeded to the Limesy concentration area. Its present deployment is composed of light infantry and aviation units. This man and the rest of the 417th will go down in history as one of the 76th Division's fiercest fighting units and I am honored to have this uniform in my collection! ", "No," In the mean time I've found some interesting sites: I've just found this thread (it's Veteran's Day in the U.S.) My father was in Company C, 417 Regiment, 76th Infantry Division. Veterans History Project Service Summary: War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945 Branch of Service: Army Unit of Service: Company E, 417th Infantry Regiment, 76th Infantry Division Location of Service: Camp Fannin, Texas; Fort Meade, Maryland; Fort Jackson, South Carolina; Fort Bragg, North Carolina; France; Germany; European Theater Highest Rank: Private First Class The records of ships used to carry troops to their theaters of operations were destroyed intentionally in 1951. By similar aggressive He did mention about his baptism by fire attacking the line at the Sauer river. headquarters at St Amand-Mont-Rond. Then there was a lot of familiarizing with trucks, and a lot of road marching and we did things to get (artillery) guns oriented.. Please see our. the foe. 4341 Isabella Street, Riverside,CA 92501. many reserve and newly-commissioned officers, the products of Officer Hard to imagine how much info they may have given their size. 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